Appendix Table 1.
Odds ratios (with 95% confidence intervals) for all the variables included in Model 1 (Table 2)
| Exposure variables | Cockroach | Dust mite | Cat | Mouse | Any of Four | Total IgE quartiles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |||
| Age in months | 1.0 | 0.9–1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9–1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0–1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0–1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9–1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9–1.0 | ||
| Sex | ||||||||||||||
| Male | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | ||
| Female | 0.5 | 0.3–0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3–0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3–0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3–0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3–0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3–0.8 | ||
| BMI for age by sex | ||||||||||||||
| <85th percentile | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | ||
| 85th–95th percentile | 1.2 | 0.9–1.6 | 1.2 | 0.9–1.6 | 1.1 | 0.8–1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9–1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.5 | ||
| >95th percentile | 1.1 | 0.9–1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.3 | ||
| National Origin | ||||||||||||||
| Mexican | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | ||
| Dominican | 2.8 | 1.5–5.1 | 2.8 | 1.5–5.0 | 2.7 | 1.5–4.9 | 2.7 | 1.5–5.0 | 2.7 | 1.5–4.9 | 2.6 | 1.4–4.9 | ||
| Puerto Rican | 3.3 | 1.5–7.0 | 3.2 | 1.5–6.9 | 2.6 | 1.2–5.7 | 3.5 | 1.6–7.4 | 3.1 | 1.4–6.7 | 3.2 | 1.5–6.9 | ||
| Other/Mixed Hispanic | 2.5 | 1.3–4.6 | 2.4 | 1.3–4.5 | 2.4 | 1.3–4.5 | 2.3 | 1.2–4.4 | 2.3 | 1.2–4.4 | 2.5 | 1.3–4.7 | ||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 3.7 | 1.8–7.9 | 3.5 | 1.7–7.5 | 3.2 | 1.5–6.9 | 3.4 | 1.6–7.2 | 3.6 | 1.7–7.7 | 3.1 | 1.4–6.7 | ||
| Other/Unknown | 9.7 | 2.6–36.1 | 8.8 | 2.3–32.9 | 8.1 | 2.1–30.8 | 8.7 | 2.3–33.1 | 9.2 | 2.4–34.3 | 8.8 | 2.3–33.7 | ||
| Smokers in household | ||||||||||||||
| No | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | ||
| Yes | 1.6 | 1.0–2.6 | 1.6 | 1.0–2.6 | 1.6 | 1.0–2.6 | 1.5 | 0.9–2.5 | 1.6 | 1.0–2.6 | 1.6 | 1.0–2.7 | ||
| Parents with Asthma | ||||||||||||||
| Neither | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | 1.0 | Referent | ||
| Mother only | 2.2 | 1.1–4.3 | 2.2 | 1.1–4.4 | 2.3 | 1.1–4.6 | 2.1 | 1.0–4.2 | 2.1 | 1.1–4.3 | 2.0 | 1.0–4.0 | ||
| Father only | 2.4 | 0.9–6.3 | 2.5 | 1.0–6.5 | 2.9 | 1.1–7.7 | 2.6 | 1.0–6.7 | 2.5 | 0.9–6.5 | 2.5 | 0.9–6.6 | ||
| Both | 7.2 | 0.8–65.6 | 7.7 | 0.8–71.2 | 8.3 | 0.9–76.8 | 5.4 | 0.6–50.0 | 6.7 | 0.7–61.1 | 4.2 | 0.5–39.8 | ||
| Sensitized to cockroach | ||||||||||||||
| No | 1.0 | Referent | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 1.8 | 1.1–3.1 | ||||||||||||
| Sensitized to dust mite | ||||||||||||||
| No | 1.0 | Referent | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 2.2 | 1.2–4.0 | ||||||||||||
| Sensitized to cat | ||||||||||||||
| No | 1.0 | Referent | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 2.8 | 1.2–6.4 | ||||||||||||
| Sensitized to mouse | ||||||||||||||
| No | 1.0 | Referent | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 2.9 | 1.4–5.8 | ||||||||||||
| Sensitized to any of four | ||||||||||||||
| No | 1.0 | Referent | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 1.7 | 1.1–2.6 | ||||||||||||
| Total IgE (IU/ml) | ||||||||||||||
| <125 | 1.0 | Referent | ||||||||||||
| 126–249 | 1.1 | 0.6–2.0 | ||||||||||||
| 250–375 | 2.5 | 0.9–6.5 | ||||||||||||
| >375 | 3.2 | 1.6–6.5 | ||||||||||||